The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to You Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We're doing a series, I'm not sure how long it will go, but we're looking at conversations with Jesus during his life and ministry.

And one of the ones that is most fascinating and definitive is found in Luke 4.

So you can open your Bible, if you will, to Luke chapter 4.

And we're going to be looking, starting at verse 16,

in just a few moments. A number of years ago, I was asked a question actually by a rabbi who asked me, if people know the facts about Jesus Christ, why don't they acknowledge him

as Savior?

What causes people to resist that?

And just recently I had a similar conversation with someone who said, when people know

the truth, why is it that they don't receive Christ

as their Savior?

Really, that comes down to one great reality, and this passage will reveal that to us.

Some people would say, people need more information, and that's true.

You have to have the revelation of God.

You have to have the truth.

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